Technology+in+the+Classroom

[|Webquests] The article explains how webquests can be used in the primary grades. The teacher featured shows her webquest that allows interaction with the topic of space. More links are provided below for some other webquest ideas.  //Shared by Erica Wylie// Rating: ÓÓÓÓ

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">      <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Integrating Technology in the Classroom]       <span style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(38, 8, 8); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This article describes the issues that classroom teachers face and should address in the classroom regarding technology. If you're a classroom teacher who is having difficulties accessing technology because of budgeting at your school, there is a link to checking out some grants online. ===<span style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(38, 8, 8); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Shared by Erica Wylie//   === === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">ÓÓÓÓ  **  <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">Ó  **   === ===<span style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">   === ===<span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">    === <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">    [|Avenue for Learning] === <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">    === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Blog author Michelle Baldwin describes her site as "Ideas for Teaching Students in THEIR World...". Michelle presents her views in a clear, insightful manner and does a wonderful job of focusing educators on the purposes that technology can serve in the classroom, rather than on the technology itself. This is a blog well worth reading! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Shared by Susanna Robertson// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);">ÓÓÓÓÓ ===<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teach42]     ===

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Steve Dembo's site not only provides great discussion about education and technology, but he also has links to new tools you might want to try. Check out the "Best of Teach42" links on the right-hand side of the page to get started. After that, check out his other posts. I have found the posts I have read to be extremely informative. If you wonder whether cell phones in the classroom are a distraction, read this post: http://www.teach42.com/2008/05/06/mobile-phones-in-the-classroom-again/. When you have time, follow some of the links to other blogs. If Steve subscribes, it has to be good! <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by Susanna Robertson// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);">ÓÓÓÓÓ <span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 40, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 37, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 38, 255);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">[|Teachers Love SMARTBoards]        === ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 40, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 37, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 38, 255);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">        === <span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 236);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 40, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 37, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 38, 255);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">        <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Phollis' Teachers Love SMARTBoards site provides many resources for teachers interested in using SMARTBoards in their classrooms. He offers online training in order to learn to use different aspects of the SMART Notebook. Phollis shares the the Top 5 links and knowledge of any recent technology he learns of. On the right side of his site, he offers SMARTBoard lessons, blogs, websites, articles and much more. This site offers many resources at your fingertips! <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by Sarah Stere// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">ÓÓÓÓ **  <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">Ó  **

===<span style="color: rgb(42, 16, 218);"><span style="color: rgb(12, 24, 237);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">[|Kindergarten SMARTBoard Lessons]    === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nicole Mobley, a Kindergarten teacher, generously shares SMARTBoard lessons that she has created and used in her classroom. The site offers lessons in Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. Although designed specifically for Kindergarten, these lessons could be modified in order to use with other grade levels. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by Sarah Stere// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">ÓÓÓÓ **  <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">

===<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">[|Langwitches]  === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Silvia Tolisano's Blog "contains thoughts, ideas and projects on my journey as a Technology Integration Facilitator." She offers a blogging unit for downloading, lesson plans in areas of online safety, writing and commenting. Located on the right hand side of her site are offered a large number of categories to obtain information on many technology-related topics from cell phones to podcasts and social networking. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by Sarah Stere// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">ÓÓÓ **  <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">

===<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">[|SMARTBoard Lessons by Standard]  === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On this site, you are able to find SMARTBoard lessons, and also some SENTEO quizzes, for almost anything you want to teach. You select the state you are wanting standards for, the grade level you are teaching and the curricular area and see what lessons have already been created for you to either use as is or modify to suit your needs. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by Sarah Stere// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">ÓÓÓ **  <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);">Ó  **  <span style="color: rgb(249, 9, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(160, 3, 3);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(241, 4, 9);"> ===<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SimpleTechLearning.com]    ===

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===<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">[|Technology Assessmen] [|t] === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A simple tool that takes the hassle out of assessing student technology proficiency. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simple Assessment is an evaluation tool that takes all the guesswork out of assessing student technology proficiency. Load your students into this student technology assessment tool and the process starts automatically. Each student receives a comprehensive assessment on basic technology literacy. The student technology assessment was designed based on the ISTE NETS for Students. You are provided with both a Pre- and Post-Assessment so you can track progress throughout the school year. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Shared by [|Deborah Thomas]  // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rating: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);">ÓÓÓÓ <span style="color: rgb(16, 12, 207); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ===<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(16, 12, 207); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ [|Technology in the Classroom] __ === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5 minute video to understand why technology is used it today's classroom   p<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(11, 10, 10); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">roduced by Bill Bennett

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This resource page was created to help teachers use the internet effectively witin the their classroom setting. This site takes it a step further because it provides links to help all different types of students. It has links for assistive technology, autistic students, gifted students, and other special education students. There are so many strategies and links to help teachers incorporate technology into their lessons. The page provides a number of links to help assist with different ways to incorporate technology within the classroom. This site was a collaborative project developed by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by O'Letha Watson// Rating: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);">ÓÓÓÓ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is site was created by the Discovery Channel to help enhance your lessons with over 40,000 video clips that relate to any subject or topic that you can think of. It is a web based digital video delivery system from Discovery Education United Streaming is the largest and most current library of K-12 digital video clips. You must be a member to have unlimited access to, but it is something that your every district should have access to. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Shared by O'Letha Watson// Rating: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 9);">ÓÓÓÓ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">